Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-10
PE rs QUALITIES.

SARAH BERNHARDT was a dressmaker's
apprentice.
MISS BRADDON, the novelist, was a
utility actress in the provinces.
CHIEF Justice WAITE's hair is begin
ming to be dashed with silver threads.
EX-Gov. LONG, of Massachusetts, is
reported to be busy preparing lectures.
JUDGE GAsL1N, of Lincoln, Neb.,
has presided at thirty-tnree murder
trials.
WHAT arewe-here-for Flanagan is
stumplng the State of Texas for pro-
hibition.
The Marquis of Salisbury is a sleepy
looking genius who is leonine when
stirred up.
STEPNIAK, the celebrated Nihilist au-
thor, will visit the United States in
September.
STEPNIAK, the celebrated Nihilist
author, intends to visit the United
States in September.
DIR. THoRoLD, Bishop or Rochester,
is about to make three-months'
visit to the United States.
d. B. LOCKE ("Petrolum V.Nasby")
is the first American editor who threw
aside his pencil for the typewriter.
SENATOR VANCE has named his new
home 'Gombroon," after the capital
OF DE Quincy's imaginary kingdom.
NINE. CHRISTINE NILSSON owns two
large buildings on Otis Street, Boston,
which the assessors rate at 1923, 900.
MILE. JEANNE HUGO, who is now
quite grown up, IS accounted one of
the most beautiful young women in
Paris society.
A HITHERTO unknown comic opera
by flotow, the composer of martha"
has been discovered at Mannheim,
and is to be produced.
GRANT ALLEN, the English author,
says that his income would be three
times as great if an International
copyright law prevailed.
Miss MINNIE E. Folsom, g. near rela.
tive OF Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has be-
come preceptress of the Brooking
Agricultural College in Dakota.
The mother Of Clara Louise Kellogg
strained every nerve to give Clara a
mus cal education, and st one time
was a professional spirit medium.
REV. ROBERT COLLIER is now visit
ing California for the first time. He
will spend several weeks there and
then visit his son at Portland, Ore.
The Earl of Desart, ex-husband OF
the countess who ran away with Actor
Snyder, has just published g. novel en-
titled ''Lord and Lady Piccadilly."
ALFONzo MIL, King of spain, was
Just one year old on the 18th of last
May. He is paid 100000 pesetas g
year, which nearly equals ST, 100000.
MCLAUGHLIN, the we slthy Jockey, is
having g. successful season. He is
said to be worth $15O,OOO. we'll in.
vested, and makes from $4,000 to
$4,000 a year.
ALIEN. T. STEWART, New York's
"merchant prince" died in 1876.
His estate has been in litigation ever
since, and fresh lawsuit arising from
his will has just been begun.
The great French actress Rachel
had as hard q childhood as ever Tell to
the lot Of q genius. Ragged, bare
footed and hungry, she played the
tambourine in the streets, and sang
and begged for adobe.
The monument to Sir William Wal
lace recently unveiled at Sterling is
on an eminence 800 feet above the
plain. The pedestal is fifty teet high,
and on this is g. statue Of the Scotch
hero twenty one feet high.
DIR. MCGLYEN, three ears ago, came
near being appointed Bishop OF the
Plttsburg diocese, his name with three
other, being sent to Rome. This
gave him q close chance, as the Pope
was then favorable to him.
COLLECTOR JONES, Of the Port OF
New Orleans, is in danger of total
blindness. The injury to his ey es was
caused by copy of the Congressional
Record, which his son playfully tossed
to him from across the room.
WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT, who is
still In London, has leased Beaufort
Castle, Lord Lovat's new and pic
turesque seat in Inverness, for two
months at the rental Of $4,000. 1t is
said to be the very ideal ola sporting
estate.
ZEBEHR PACHA at Gibraltar is still
protesting that his rascally life has al
ways been OF unsullied purity. He
says he never was O. slave-trader, new
er murdered, never robbed. And he
does not claim descent from Ananias
either.
+. A. SAWYER, who was once a
United States senator from South
Carolina, is now clerk in the Quar-
termaster Generals Office, Washington,
on a salary OF 81, 400 a year. He at
one time held the position of assist
ant secretary of the treasury.
SnIdiar,S Clam Enlt